Biological category: 21163 books
by Michael Doebeli
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Understanding the mechanisms driving biological diversity remains a central problem in ecology and evolutionary biology. Traditional explanations assume that differences in selection pressures lead to different adaptations in geographically separated locations. This book takes a different approach...
by L Veerakumari
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Bioinstrumentation deals with the instrumentation techniques and principles used for measuring physical, physiological, biochemical and biological factors in man or other living organisms. This book provides a comprehensive knowledge about the basic principles and applications of the tools and techniques...
The HDL Handbook
Biological Functions and Clinical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
The HDL Handbook: Biological Functions to Clinical Implications brings laboratory research in HDL from bench to bedside in this needed resource for researchers and clinicians studying cholesterol, lipids, epidemiology, biochemistry, molecular medicine, and pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases....
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Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Biological homogenization is the dominant process shaping the future global biosphere. As global transportation becomes faster and more frequent, it is inevitable that biotic intermixing will increase. Unique local biotas will become extinct only to be replaced by already widespread biotas that can...
Terrorism, Retaliation, and Victory
Awaken the Soul of America to Defeat Terrorism Without Casualties
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2003
We could use some help. Whatever you think of the present situation in Iraq, about President Bush and our nations Global War on Terror, about all the political spin that is being put on current events, we can all agree: we could use some help.
The threat of terrorist attack persists; the threat...
Why We Snap
Understanding the Rage Circuit in Your Brain
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
The startling new science behind sudden acts of violence and the nine triggers this groundbreaking researcher has uncovered
We all have a rage circuit we can’t fully control once it is engaged as R. Douglas Fields, PhD, reveals in this essential book for our time. The daily headlines are...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2002
Interest in marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is very high because it plays an important role in oceanic and global carbon cycling, which in turn impacts weather. Understanding the processes involved in the transformations of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and other major elements in the oceans...
Environmental Management of Solid Waste
Dredged Material and Mine Tailings
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Dredged Material and Mine Tailings are two of the same thing once they are deposited on land: they must be safe-guarded, wash-out must be prevented, and they must be protected by a plantcover. This comprehensive two-volume treatise covers both important aspects of their management: Environmental ...
by Ruth Shinar, Joseph Shinar
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
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The latest in organic electronics-based sensing and biotechnology
Develop high-performance, field-deployable...
Invertebrate Bacteriology
Function, Evolution and Biological Ties
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
This compendium reviews different processes acting on bacterial groups that evolved one or more relationships with members of the most important invertebrate Phyla. Starting from principles of basic bacteriology the book provides data on bacteria interactions with pests, animal or human diseases....
Parasitoid Viruses
Symbionts and Pathogens
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Parasitoids are parasitic insects that kill their insect hosts in immature pre-reproductive stages. Parasitoids are employed in biological control programs worldwide to kill insect pests and are environmentally safe and benign alternatives to chemical pesticides. As resistance to chemical pesticides...
by Saverio Bettuzzi, Sabina Pucci
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
The biological function of clusterin (CLU, also known as ApoJ, SGP2, TRPM2, CLI) has been puzzling researchers since its discovery and characterization in the early 1980s. Approaches such as cloning, expression and functional characterization of the different protein products generated by the CLU...
Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation
Bridging the Gap Between Global Commitment and Local Action
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
As the impacts of anthropogenic activities increase in both magnitude and extent, biodiversity is coming under increasing pressure. Scientists and policy makers are frequently hampered by a lack of information on biological systems, particularly information relating to long-term trends. Such information...
Sketching Theoretical Biology
Toward a Theoretical Biology, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
The purpose of this volume is to bring together a number of elements that would be useful in the construction of a coherent and comprehensive theory of biology. Based on the assumption that living systems represent some kind of "organized complexity," the collection discusses meaningful...